Freedom, Entitlement, and the Path to Development

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dc.creatorChauffour, Jean-Pierre
dc.date2012-08-13T10:23:05Z
dc.date2012-08-13T10:23:05Z
dc.date2011-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:52:27Z
dc.descriptionTwenty years after the revolutions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Arab Spring is again raising some fundamental questions about the place of freedom and entitlement in development. Depending on the balance between free choices and more coerced decisions, individual opportunities to learn, own, work, save, invest, trade, protect, and so forth could vary greatly across countries and over time. Reviewing the economic performance of more than 100 countries over the past 30 years, new empirical evidence tends to support the idea that economic freedom and civil and political liberties are the root causes of why certain countries achieve and sustain better economic outcomes. In contrast, entitlement rights do not seem to have any significant effects on long-term per capita income, except for a possible negative effect. These results tend to support earlier findings that, beyond core functions of government responsibility (including the protection of liberty itself), the expansion of the state to provide for various entitlements (including so-called economic, social, and cultural rights) may not make people richer in the long run; it may even make them poorer.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/14318009/freedom-entitlement-path-development
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10088
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/10088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/412284
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationEconomic Premise; No. 59
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subjectAVERAGE GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectCAPITALISM
dc.subjectCITIZEN
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCIVIL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectCIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subjectCOERCION
dc.subjectCULTURAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDETERMINANTS OF GROWTH
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC FREEDOM
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC RIGHTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC STAGNATION
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectFEMALE EDUCATION
dc.subjectFREEDOMS
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHUMAN BEINGS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectIMPORTANT POLICY
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL CHOICES
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COVENANT
dc.subjectLIBERTY
dc.subjectLONG RUN
dc.subjectLONG-RUN GROWTH
dc.subjectLONG-TERM GROWTH
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMARKET ECONOMY
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY PROCESS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL FREEDOM
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LIBERTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectREDUCING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectREVOLUTIONS
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectSTATE INTERVENTION
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subjectTOLERANCE
dc.subjectUNITED NATIONS
dc.subjectWELFARE STATE
dc.titleFreedom, Entitlement, and the Path to Development

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